One thing that both Apple and Google have in common when it comes to wearable devices is the fact that they think that wearable devices are not a replacement for a smartphone -- at least not yet. Smart watches involving either of these companies are, or will be, notification-focused, delivering notifications from a smartphone.
They're more than just a fad, folks. They're also becoming indispensable commodities for tech and business decision-makers all over the world. Unquestionably, consumer interest in wearables is strong, but new data from Forrester shows that "enterprise demand for wearables is even greater." Today, 68% of global technology and business decision-makers say that wearables are a priority for their firm, with 51% calling it a moderate, high, or critical priority.
Tobii Tech is banking that 2015 will be the year of consumer eye-tracking. The company announced today it will debut new technology for using the tracking of your eye movements to control games and other devices at the 2015 International CES event in Las Vegas next week. The technology is promising, and if it catches on in games, it could give older user interfaces like the computer mouse some real competition. Tobii announced last year that it was teaming up with gaming gear brand SteelSeries to launch eye-tracking wearables for games. The first fruits of that alliance, the SteelSeries Sentry, is shipping in January 2015.